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I saw the 'Wizard of Oz' recently and realized that, all my life, I thought they were real monkeys with wings. That's how scary that movie was for me.

~Fred Willard

Topics: All My Life How Life Me Monkeys Movie My Life Oz Real Realized Recently Saw Scary Thought Were Wings Wizard Wizard Of Oz

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Because I started my career in improv, performing with Second City and the Ace Trucking Company, I always enjoy being in situations where - as an actor - you have to think fast & be light on your feet.

~Fred Willard

Topics: Ace Actor Always Because Being Career City Company Enjoy Fast Feet Improv Light Performing Second Second City Situations Started Think Where You Your

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I still think 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' was what they call one of those watershed movies. That and 'The Exorcist' and 'Psycho' were just landmarks for those horror films.

~Fred Willard

Topics: Call Chain Exorcist Films Horror Horror Films Just Landmarks Massacre Movies Psycho Saw Still Texas Think Those Were

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With improv or a full length play - you know how you go to a theater, and after 10 minutes you say, 'Oh, I don't like this thing,' but you don't want to get up and leave? At a sketch show, it's always something new every few minutes.

~Fred Willard

Topics: After Always Every Few Full Get Go How Improv Know Leave Length Like Minutes New Oh Play Say Show Sketch Something Something New Theater Thing Up Want You

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It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation.

~Fred Willard

Topics: About Ace Chicago City Company Could Death Found Got Group Half Hired Hour Improv Improvisation Improvise Like Made Material Me Nervous Open Scared Second Second City Set Then Think Up Which Year

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When you think about accountants, who would want to be an accountant? But, what would we do without accountants? Whether it's soldiers or garbage men or doctors, everyone has the thing that they love.

~Fred Willard

Topics: About Accountant Accountants Doctors Everyone Garbage Love Men Soldiers Thing Think Want Whether Who Without Would You

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All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments.

~Fred Willard

Topics: America Familiar Great Great Moments Had Many Moments Other Teams Trivia

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Some of the Christopher Guest movies, when I'm not really like myself, when I have my hair dyed blonde or had a faux-hawk haircut. Those I like to watch because it takes you away from your real self.

~Fred Willard

Topics: Away Because Blonde Christopher Dyed Guest Had Hair Haircut Like Movies Myself Real Really Self Some Takes Those Watch You Your

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It's not a bad typecast: the goofy guy.

~Fred Willard

Topics: Bad Goofy Guy Typecast

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I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring.

~Fred Willard

Topics: Aging Black Blonde Blonde Hair Dyed Get Group Guy Had Hair Idea Journey Kind Little Picture Rock Roots Saw Think Wanted Wife I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: September 18th, 1939

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